migrant children

Panic attacks highlight stress at shelters for migrant kids

By Julie Watson, Amy Taxin, Jim Gomez, Associated Press

A federal volunteer at a shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children says panic attacks would occur often after some of the children were taken away to be reunited with their families, dashing the hopes of those left behind.

WATCH: House committee discusses federal response to unaccompanied children at the border

By News Desk and Associated Press

The number of unaccompanied children and families entering the U.S. illegally on the Mexican border dropped sharply in May but remained unusually high, authorities said Wednesday.

U.S. identifies 3,900 children separated at border under Trump

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The Biden administration says it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal crossings.

U.S. to expedite immigration cases of families on border

By Amy Taxin, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The move comes comes as the Biden administration has eased some asylum restrictions that had expelled many arriving immigrant families from the country.

Watchdog says U.S. forced deported parents to leave kids behind

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General said in a report released Monday that it found at least 348 cases in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement had no records showing migrants wanted to leave their children in the U.S.

WATCH: DHS Secretary Mayorkas testifies on unaccompanied minors at the border

By Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is back on Capitol Hill facing questions about the immigration problems along the Southern Border.

Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

By Garance Burke, Juliet Linderman, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press

The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities.

Number of kids alone at border hit all-time high in March

By Elliot Spagat, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor's…

Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility

By Elliot Spagat, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

A tour Tuesday revealed a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 migrants were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest ones are kept in a large playpen with mats on the floor for sleeping.

WATCH: ‘It’s going to take time’ to build up immigration systems Trump dismantled, Biden says

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden says his administration is working on getting beds and other facilities up and running so children held in Border Patrol custody can be transferred.